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Uben

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10. I did too, and they did work

Reply to monmouth4 (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 25, 2014, 09:05 PM

Dec 2014

I had a serious over-bite that was corrected, but it was nothing short of torture! The inside of my mouth was constantly bleeding from the damned wires. I also had what they called a tongue-thrust swallow. This, too, was corrected by me wearing a retainer for two years with wires protruding out of it so that when my tongue hit the wires, I would pull it away. Imagine having needles sticking out the back of your two front teeth....that's what it was like. Oh, it worked okay, but it was torture.

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I am now going to ruin your Christmas: [View all] PCIntern Dec 2014 OP

I wore those $#@ bands for a couple of years. Awful, and they did not work...n/t monmouth4 Dec 2014 #1

I did too, and they did work Uben Dec 2014 #10

I always thought of his buddy Grover Dill as the poster boy for dental neglect anyway tularetom Dec 2014 #2

was it the actor's own braces that he needed JI7 Dec 2014 #3

If I can handle spaceships making noise in space, I can handle anachronistic dental work JHB Dec 2014 #4

And those wonderful, billowing explosions in Star Wars & the like-- Jackpine Radical Dec 2014 #7

They don't do it so much any more but back when, I used to love how space ships would.. BlueJazz Dec 2014 #12

If they weren't his actual braces, they were probably removable prostheses for the part... Hekate Dec 2014 #5

FRAJEELE! JaneyVee Dec 2014 #6

I will now proceed to entangle the entire area seveneyes Dec 2014 #8

I listened to Jean shepherd as a kid gwheezie Dec 2014 #9

I have about 1100 of his radio shows... PCIntern Dec 2014 #14

I was a metal mouth frazzled Dec 2014 #11

Nice Post, Hitler. Javaman Dec 2014 #13